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Showing posts with label Mexico City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico City. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Live Thread: José Ángel Canobbio Inzunza 'El Güerito' Captured in Culiacan, Sinaloa

 Borderland Beat Contributors 

Photograph By Omar Hamid García Harfuch on X (Post capture photograph of Inzunza)

Friday, January 24, 2025

Possible La Familia Michoacana Officer Arrested in Itzapalapa, Mexico City

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat


Luis Manuel "El Galletas", identified by different sources as a leader of a local gang or possibly a member of La Familia Michoacana, was arrested by authorities while smoking marijuana on the streets of Itzapalapa, Mexico City

Saturday, September 21, 2024

They Are Searching For Her! Face Of Murdered Drug Lord's Companion In Polanco Mexico City. Manuel Beltran Quintero "El Nini Beltran" Murdered, A Woman And A Male Subject Are Believed To Be Responsible

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from EXCELSIOR 

The body of the man murdered in Polanco, CDMX, has not been claimed or identified by anyone.

WRITTEN BY: MONSERRAT VARGAS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024


The body of the man murdered in Polanco, Mexico City (CDMX), has not been claimed or identified by anyone at the Forensic Science Institute (Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, formerly Semefo).

Unofficial versions suggest that the man was Manuel Beltrán Quintero, alias 'El 8', leader of the Caborca Cartel, Rafael Caro Quintero's organization, but so far no one has identified him and no family member or friend has come to claim his body.

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Banner Alleges Collusion Between CDG Grupo Escorpion & Tamaulipas Officials

 "Enojon" and "Char" For Borderland Beat 


Image Credit: LosBloqueados2 on Twitter (Digital version of banner) 

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Banda de la Flor Kidnapper Pablo Solórzano Castro "El Gallo" Sentenced to 446 Years In Prison

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

The Banda de la Flor

The Attorney Generals Office (FGR) announced today that Pablo Solórzano Castro "El Gallo" was sentenced to 446 years in prison for the crimes of kidnapping, involvement in organized crime, and being in the possession of cartridges for the exclusive use of the military. He and his criminal group were responsible for numerous kidnappings and murders in the late 2000s and early 2010s in Central Mexico, often working with the support of police.

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Ex 'La Resistencia' Capo "El Papirrín" Captured In Pachuca, Hidalgo Related To Multi Homicide

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

This morning, Hidalgo and Mexico City authorities captured Víctor Manuel Torres García, alias “El Güero” or “El Papirrín”, in Pachuca de Soto, state of Hidalgo for alleged involvement in the murder of three in May. Simultaneously, Mexico City authorities captured his collaborator Ricardo Daniel Guerrero Chávez, alias “El Borracho”, and another unidentified person in Azcapotzalco. 

In addition to his alleged involvement in the murder, El Universal reported that he is the leader of a mercenary group operating in Mexico City and it's metro area. In a press release, authorities claim that Torres García, who also used the name "Edgar Mauricio Barrera Corrales", used safe houses in Mexico City, Hidalgo, and Mexico state as staging grounds for his criminal group. 

Several agencies were involved in the operations. The Mexico City Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) worked with the Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit of Hidalgo (UECS) participated in the capture of Torres García in Pachuca de Soto, while an SSC unit captured Guerrero Chávez in Mexico City.

Víctor Manuel Torres García

Ricardo Daniel Guerrero Chávez

Photos from journalist Antonio Nieto twitter.

The murder referenced occurred on May 23, 2022, when a hitman entered an office building in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City, killing three and injuring one more. Security footage showed the assassin fleeing towards Mexico state on a motor bike. He was captured on May 28, and was identified as Luis Enrique Eusebio Vergara, a hired gun working for Torres García's organization, according to El Universal.

Image from MVS Noticias.

In 2010, Torres García worked in the Beltran Leyva Organization until the Beltran Leyva brothers were arrested, when he joined the Milenio Cartel, a predecessor of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).

In the early 2010s, Torres García was a founding member of 'La Resistencia', a now defunct alliance of criminal groups, including La Familia Michoacána, the Gulf Cartel and the Milenio Cartel, which faced off Los Zetas. He was captured in February 2011 in Uruapan, Michoacán, where he was allegedly meeting with leaders of La Familia Michoacána. 

A photo taken after his 2011 arrest.

He was released, and was captured again on kidnapping charges in 2013. In 2015, he was injured by gunmen while driving in Mexico City. After receiving medical treatment, he was arrested on organized crime and homicide charges, but was released in 2016. At the time, media alleged that he was an officer within the CJNG.